Autonomous vehicle test in Rhode Island shows promise for other cities
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Heads turn and smartphone cameras rise as the boxy, futuristic cars slip through the streets of this 384-year-old port...
Read MoreAurora urges autonomous vehicle industry to adopt better safety metrics
Amazon-backed autonomous vehicle company Aurora is in search of better metrics by which to compare driverless system safety. In a Medium...
Read MoreUber is bringing its self-driving cars to Washington, DC
Uber’s self-driving cars will soon be jockeying for space on the streets of Washington, DC, with the ride-hailing company announcing it...
Read MoreWaymo is bringing its self-driving minivans and trucks to Texas and New Mexico
Waymo is hitting the open road and bringing some of its self-driving minivans and long-haul trucks to two new states. The Alphabet...
Read MoreGM unveils Cruise Origin driverless shuttle
Cruise, a majority-owned subsidiary of General Motors, debuted its first vehicle specifically designed to operate without a driver on...
Read MoreSuburbs already have driverless taxis, but San Francisco is still playing catch-up
San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood is notoriously tricky for any driver. Narrow roads, gobs of tourists, steep inclines,...
Read MoreUS pledges to modernize or eliminate outdated regulations to support autonomous vehicles
The United States government is finally getting serious about autonomous vehicles as Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has used CES to...
Read MoreVW announces new Silicon Valley self-driving nerve center at CES
On Wednesday at CES, Volkswagen detailed an important new step in the company’s march towards self-driving cars: the establishment not...
Read MoreUK begins testing unsupervised autonomous transport pods
Shoppers at a UK mall have the opportunity to try out autonomous transport pods this week which — in a UK first — operate entirely without...
Read MoreNew Apple self-driving car patent could turn Siri into your personal chauffeur
Apple wants to patent a new technology that would allow you to use voice commands to tell your self-driving car where you want to go, with...
Read MoreAutonomous, for real. Optimus Ride self-driving shuttles want to be fully driverless in 2020
Optimus Ride, an MIT spinoff, has started operating its autonomous vehicles at Paradise Valley Estates in Fairfield, California. The...
Read MoreWaymo is bringing its self-driving minivans and trucks to Texas and New Mexico
Waymo is hitting the open road and bringing some of its self-driving minivans and long-haul trucks to two new states. The Alphabet...
Read MoreProjects funded for autonomous vehicle cyber security
Seven projects whose participants include Honda, Thales and WMG have won funding to develop cyber security solutions for connected and...
Read MoreSecuring automotive navigation: How to protect vehicles against GPS hacking
As the only source of absolute vehicle position, velocity and time, GNSS plays a critical role. However, both current and next levels of...
Read MoreUber is bringing its self-driving cars to Washington, DC
Uber’s self-driving cars will soon be jockeying for space on the streets of Washington, DC, with the ride-hailing company announcing it...
Read MoreToyota leads $50 million investment in autonomous shuttle startup May Mobility
May Mobility, a Michigan-based startup that is operating autonomous shuttle services in three U.S. cities, has raised $50 million in a...
Read MoreVolvo to test 5G automotive applications with China Unicom
Connectivity is central to the future of transportation, and if self-driving vehicles are going to enter the mainstream market, they’re...
Read MoreWhy most self-driving car companies use these 3 models
Cars from Google spin-off Waymo have logged 20 million miles. Russia’s Yandex and China’s Baidu have programmed cars to stop...
Read MoreWaiting for Tesla Full Self Driving, these are my top questions & thoughts (as a user)
I’ll admit it — I’m super eager for the first edition of Tesla “Full Self Driving” to roll out. Before Tesla critics and skeptics start...
Read MoreANA starts testing autonomous bus operation at Haneda Airport
ANA Holdings Inc., the operator of All Nippon Airways Co., said Wednesday it has started testing a semi-autonomous bus that will transport...
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